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Cloggs. So we're gonna hear uh from the Minister of Foreign Affairs UH for
the Liberal government as she speaks about what is going on in the Middle East,
Israel, in Iran, Israel and Gaza and other things. She's m
making statements and she is going to talk with people in the hopes of bringing
about ceasefires and commer heads in the wake of a Jones drone strike. Along
with it that the w h O reported about the hospital in Gaza that is
just simply left in ruins. They're standing in the rubble as they're reporting about
it. There were patients that have been transferred to other hospitals. And here's
the thing. According to u N rules and on war combat things like that,
that civilian sights such as hospitals, are supposed to be considered to be
safe havens. And we're seeing more and more that that isn't the truth.
We're seeing that the MAS may have been using hospitals to shield their operations,
knowing that military operations cannot reach them from within the hospital. We're seeing that
under that same guys that Israel has gone ahead and destroyed hospitals and other civilian
sites that should have been safe havens. There's a lot going on with the
Middle East, a lot to that has to be accounted for before a real
peace could be found, and we had to keep that in mind as we
listened to Melanie Jolie as she's speaking about Canada's stance on what is actually happening
in the Middle East at this point. So why don't we listen to what
it is? She said in her statement to the press from Aroawa. Okay.
So, first and foremost, Canada and equivocally condemned the attacks by Irun
against Israel over the weekend. This is unprecedented. We stand with the people
of Israel, and of course this attack only served to destabilize the region and
further escalation and this is completely unacceptable. I've been in contact over the weekend
with my Israeli counterparts, with many actors in the region, having many conversations.
Canada is pushing diplomatically to stop further escalation, and at the same time
we are still calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. It is important that hostages
be released, and it is important also that aid be sent to Palestinians in
Gaza. I'm heading tonight to Italy for the G seven Foreign Ministers meetings.
We'll have many conversations about this, will be indeed talking about the Middle East,
putting much more further sanctions against Iran and its regime, and also engaging
with the global seult as. We are looking forward to bring much more peace
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terrorist organization. Thank you so. First and foremost we know that Iran is
spread against terror within its own country and also across the region and the world,
and that is why we've sanctioned very clearly key individuals and will continue to
put maximum pressure against the Iranian regime which completely disregards peace. The Minister of
Public Safety is actively working on options and it is important that we also coordinate
with our key allies. Meanwhile, that it is clear that Canada is pushing
for de escalation in the region, and that is a coordinate message that we're
all sending the G seven countries. A clarify, Minister, when is one
of the options on the table can be very clear for Canadians. It's one
of the options on the table designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Is
that an active option you're considering? The Prime Minister already answered that question back
in January and he already said that we were actively working on it. That
being said, as of now, under my purview, what we can do
is quickly designate key individuals that are part of these activities that are criminal activities
against Israelis and also against our interests. And that is why on my side,
I'll be working on this issue. The escalator. When you say the
escalator, are you taking the position is Canada taking the position that Israel should
not pond to this attack by Iran. We think that it's important that Israel
be able to protect itself. It has done so over the weekend, and
we are clearly pushing for the escalation and we need to make sure that the
conflict doesn't extend through the region. So that is why I've been clear to
my counterpart in please take the win and make sure that we can work together
to bring back peace in the region. Pressure, what does it look you're
not going to designate it as a terrorist? Can you come start again?
Rafi? Sure? What does maximum pressure look like? If you're not going
to take the step to as a terrorist organization? What will we do instead?
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the question back in January, and the Minister of Public Safety is on this
issue. What I can do under my own purview, in my own responsibility,
under my own legislation, is designating people and making sure that they're sanctioned.
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RGC officials, we need to go further and that's why I'll be working with
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with the community about it all the time. I would say, we put
into place a whole range of sanctions and UH, and we are continuing to
look at all other ways to actually continue to tighten the screws on the government
of Iran. That includes UH. The issue around list of the IRGC.
It is not simple under Canadian law, and of course we want to ensure
that we are not impacting conscripts to the IERGC. But it certainly remains a
love conversation. Would you talk to your constituents about it. What are they
telling you. They are telling me that they have appreciated the acts that the
government put a range of different restrictions on the government of Iran, and they
are looking for us to continue the efforts to tighten the screws on the government
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people who shouldn't be in this country to not be in this country. Do
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and the IERGC is involved in that in a direct way. So again there
are complexities under Canadian law that mister Pouliov likes to ignore. But we certainly
are looking for any in all ways to tighten the screws on the government of
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much. Here's a couple of soundbites from the w h O and the u
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after fighting and the hospital was built and supplied by efforts by the w h
L, and they are touring it, showing one the emergency room, neonatal
care units and nurseries and talking about the destruction that had there. And then
the clip after that, we're going to hear as doctors are talking about the
medications that are needed. You will hear one talk about anesthesia, and we're
also going to hear some statements from grateful patients as they're being transferred to other
hospitals for for better care and for needed treatment. So they the part of
the clips will be actually in the native Palestinian Arabic and not in English,
so we'll just have to bear with that. So when we listen to those
two clips right now, and then we'll come back from the un floor as
we hear a representative from the AEA as they're making statements to the press.
This is what used to be the emergency department and as you can see,
it's totally destroyed. Everything is burned and there's a smell of seawach. End
of the rotten bodies around. What you also see here in the yard of
the hospital are the graves of people who have died. Some of them have
been buried, some of them are not yet and buried in many other places.
You can see the bodies that are opening under the gazen sun. Behind
me is the remains of the Nanatal Intensive Ky Union and the nursery. In
the last three years, who has passed more than five billion USD to make
sure that patients would be getting proper care. Now the place that used to
save lives and limbs, it's all torn down to pieces. In the chapel
of a Larky hospital which also served as an impatient ward the majority of patience
of trauma cases. There's still the shortage of all kinds of medication, including
anesthesia, which we need to get in as quickly as possible because of our
mire. We're taking with us three creative patients, but we could have taken
with us maybe fifty patients or one hundred patients as who deserve better treatment and
care. Absolutely, I know an and and the hat dog and you're a
decided the look and as we can on a coping and thank you, okay,
So the representative for the International Atomic Energy Agency or the AEA, mister
Raphael Grossi, he's going to make some statements about threats to international peace and
security following his addressing the Security Council Atomic Energy and Security. We have seen,
at least in the Ukraine and Russia that nuclear power plants have been targeted
and the results of tarketing such a site can be absolutely disastrous for many generations.
We've seen in the past, We've seen accidents such as Chernobyl that have
happened where we're decades later and the land still is not usable. So imagine
if a nuclear power plant is specifically targeted by a drone or missile and the
destruction to communities, surrounding communities and the people around them, what they could
actually mean. So with that, why don't we listen to what mister Grossi,
the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has to say about global
security and international peace with reticular and atomic energy when making statements as far as
the agency is concerned, I don't refer to national statements, But as far
as the agency who is inspecting there is concerned. We don't have any information
or indication that there is a nuclear weapon program in Iran. At the same
time, while we say this, which we need to say, we are
telling our any account counterparts that this important accumulation of nuclear material at levels that
are very very close technically identical, almost to a weapon grade level, of
course, is not irrelevant and raises questions in the international community. This is
why we are always urging, asking requiring them to cooperate with us. In
full, I can say that I am re established, re establishing contacts with
the Iranian government in order for me personally. Of course, our inspectors continue
to do their work. As I was just responding to your colleague here.
It's not that we are not there, but we are not there at the
level that we consider we should be. So I hope in the next few
weeks to return to Tehran and to try to put the situation back on track
with your traveling to Iran. We are talking about that. Yes, I'm
mister Margaret, is your voice of Martha. I will switch it back to
Ukraine now please and Zaparitza. Sorry, I just like wrote so many notes
here for just one clarification. First, if I could you talked about two
two external lines of power. That only has two external lines of power for
those of us who are not nuclear sciences, could you tell us how many
lines of external power facility like that it used to have ten? It used
to have ten. So now as you can see, with only two seven
hundred and fifty kiload and the other three hundred and thirty with only two lines
and frequent interruptions including nine blackouts, this safety situation of the plant is very
serious because you need this external power supply in order to ensure the cooling function
of the reactors, which even at the current status which is in the jargon
we call it shutdown, means that they are working almost at a very very
minimal level or completely stopped. Temperatures are lower, but you have a lot
of nuclear material there and of course which is still in need of continuous cooling.
So if you lose the power that allows the cooling systems to work,
then as it happened several times, then you have to recourse as you would
in a private house. You need to use emergency generators, which are,
you know, the last line of defense. I would say so one never
wants to be with the last emergency measure, the last emergency tool that you
have in your toolbox to avoid a meltdown. So this is why the issue
of the power lines is something I am constantly repeating. And on the five
on the five principles that you have been going over, you seem to be
pretty clear excuse me and the council on four of them, but you didn't
really you didn't seem to say whether weapons or have the equipment are being stored
in There is no heavy weaponary there heavy no. I have to say it
because when we establish this five concrete principles, we did it not top of
my head. It was the result of almost a year long effort where we
consulted with Ukraine, with Russia on what would be the essential elements that should
not happen, should not take place, and we even if you look at
them, we gave some examples multiple rocket launchers, tanks, heavier artillery and
ammunition. So at the same time there is security presence, There are armored
vehicles and some security presence at the plant, which has been publicized quite openly
and also in my own reports. But when it comes to heavy weaponry at
the plant, the vicinity is something else. But at the plant, within
the plant, our experts so far have not been have not seen that yes,
sir, thank you. See Stefanova watched the New York Title Press.
You know you've been here several of times. I remember a year ago and
you were kind of worried, very worried the situation. So now after two
years of Russian invasion, comparing with the situation, now, how worried are
you more or less? And and today we saw again, you know,
the Russian ambassador the Ukrainian ambassador pointing fingers to each other. Basically, everyone
is saying that somebody is somebody else thought all the time. Now you in
your report, would you clarify if you had to give a yellow card,
which one gets the first yellow card? Russia Ukraine. Well, what you
raise is a very important point, and it is the point that everybody is
talking about this issue of attribution. Point finger says it's this country or that
country. We are not commentators, We are not political speculators or scholars or
analysts. We are an international agency of inspectors. And in order to say
something like that, we must have proof, indisputable evidence that an attack or
remnant of ammunition or or any other weapon is coming from a certain place.
And in this case, it is simply impossible let me remind you that these
attacks have been performed with a multitude of drones. First of all, the
drone, as we all know by their own technical functioning, has a diverse
trajectory. It hovers its circles. It can go into Remember this plant is
at the front line. It can go to the Russian occupied territory. It
can come from different places. It could be man from one side and belong
to another side. So for us it would be impossible. At the same
time, because we have been looking at the at these drones. These are
for rather drones which can be obtained almost anywhere. So the technical I would
say forensic is not there to allow me to say it is undisputably something coming
from here or there. This is why we keep the information as accurate as
we can and we do not sway into speculating. Okay, so this is
what we do. You were saying, how concerned we are. We are
very concerned. This is why at times I have said at the moment,
at the moment, we don't see a problem, but this is very precarious,
and somewhere saying well, but nothing is happening. You see what happened.
This is a combat zone in a combat zone. Any day, something
very very serious can happen. So I have the red card, I have
the yellow card, I have them ready in my hands. The thing,
the most important thing is that they see that the referee is there on the
pitch. Thank you, mister Grossi alam Bucati from news agency Rea oversty.
Do you mean that you won't be able anytime soon to define the perpetrator in
terms of the approach in nuclear problem, it depends on the circumstance. That
depends on the circumstance. The idea would not be in the business of hiding
anything. You know, this is very important when we see something in if
we have evidence of something, we do not have a problem in reporting,
but we have to be extremely measured in what we do. We know that
in a war there are certain operations. There are sometimes operations leading the observer
to believe that something is happening in a certain sense while it is happening in
a different sense. Intelligence operations and many other things, and voice of the
IEA is very important. The credibility of the IEA which applies to this,
applies to Iran, applies to Korea, applies to applies to the Middle East,
applies to everything must be preserved. I am the guardian of this institution
and I have to measure the words so that when we put something on the
public domain, it's something that is concrete and proven comination. In case of
anything, well, it will depend on the magnitude of accident. It would
depend. If there is a minor league, then it would be restricted to
the perimeter. If it's something bigger, it could be regional. The thing
is, and this is what we have been saying. You don't want to
try. You don't want to run the risk of something that could have a
very widespread effect that would affect and let's let us be reminded that radiation would
not respect borders or control territories. It would have a very wide, big
impact. Yes, sir, please Dennis Akchefta's news agency. Did you negotiate
with easy side mechanism of UHU of inspection and given in suspecting accountability mechanism?
So how to Yeah, I understand your question accountability. No, I mean
the the isam's mission and the five concrete principles that I established here a year
ago indicate what should not be happening and says that we are going to be
monitoring that. We are not a tribunal if you want that would be attributing
you know, punishments or any anything of the sort. We are there informing
providing a technical assessment. Sure, yes, thank you very much for taking
questions, mister grocer. Gabriel Alessandro from Al Jazeera English. Just a quick
clarification on your comment one of your comments to the council, you said,
just in the last couple of days, under the IAEA's suggestion, that all
six of the reactors are now in cold shut shut down. Can you explain
this significance. I know five were in cold shutdown, now that all six
are, what is the significance of that and why was the why did you
recommend that? Yeah, indeed, this is as I was partially explaining to
one of your clleagues. Now, this means that the reactors are operating at
an extremely low level. They are not producing any energy or electricity or power,
which means that the temperature of the core is much much lower. So
in case if there was an attack or something that would compromise the physical integrity,
then the consequences would be easier to mitigate. It doesn't mean that there
wouldn't be consequences. It would be an easier crisis to be mitigated. The
agency had been recommending advising the management of the plant to put this unit at
culture down like all the others. But this is an evolving situation. Let's
see how it continues. Please access that you need and demand from the Russian
officials on site or not. I would say, by and large yes,
But it's also true, and I have said it in some of my reports
that on occasion we haven't been given the access. What happens on some occasions,
and we do not have an element to assess whether this is justified or
not. We have to accept what we are told. Sometimes we are told
that our teams cannot access a certain area. You know, the plant is
a very huge site, that they cannot access this site because there is an
impending attack or something of the sort. And with this happens, of course,
my responsibility for my staff is that we should follow those instructions. But
we are saying, we are asking constantly and saying, like I said again
today that for us to be giving an accurate impression of what is happening,
we must have access to the entire site. Yeah, please, what are
you hoping to accomplish by traveling to Iran? You say you're going to travel
in the next Well, what I hope to accomplish is to get or to
put the situation, to help put it in a higher level of cooperation.
If I can put it like this, we are getting access which in my
opinion, could be much better. Let me remind you that again. A
bit more than a year ago, I went to Tehran and I signed a
joint decoration with the Iranian government indicating a number of actions that we would be
taking together with Iran beyond in addition to what we are already doing. We
started that process and that process was interrupted, and I have been insisting,
I have been saying, we need to go back to that understanding we had
in March twenty twenty three. So I hope one of the issues that I
should be discussing with the Iranian government if I return soon, is how to
go back to that path of corporation and Ukraine any time soon? Yes,
yes, we need to Ukraine and Russia. As I have been doing since
the beginning. I will. And another point I stress is that we must
keep these channels of communication open. One of the pressures. Things about this
mission by the IEA is that we are talking to both. We keep both
engaged and we try to make the most of the situation in spite of the
difficult circumstances. Not yet, but it will becomeing soon. I thank you
very much. It's always a pleasure to see you, and I will be
keeping you informed of any of any use. Thank you very much, have
a nice evening, bye bye by. In other updates from CNN, how
about this one, NASA is rethinking a plan to return to Mars to retrieve
samples. The Perseverance Rover has been gathering specimens since twenty twenty one and to
help better understand life if there ever existed on the Red planet. And now
the Space Agency is solicting proposals for sample return mission with less complexity, costs,
and just a chance to learn from what the Red planet has to tell
us. Okay. On a more serious note, the Trump trial. Former
President Donald Trump is set to return to a New York City courtroom for a
second day of jury selection continues in his criminal hush money trial. A total
of ninety six New Yorkers were brought in on Monday as perspective jurors fifty were
immediately dismissed when they said they couldn't be a fair They couldn't be fair and
impartial. With Swiss dismensal of prospective drury poll underscores the difficulty in finding a
drury when a defendant is the former president who elicits that strong feelings on both
sides of the isle. Moving on funding, flight, Speaker Mike Johnson Monday
and the House take up separate bills this week to provide aid for Israel and
Ukraine, heating demands far from the right to keep the issue separate, as
the threat of a vote to oust him from the speakers looms in the wake
of Iran's unprecedented retaliatory strikes on Israel. Democrats have called on Johnson to bring
up a Senate passed foreign aid package that includes aid to Israel and Ukraine,
but hardline conservative urge that the Louisiana Republican against attaching Ukraine funding to any Israel
package aid and let's move on to the Baltimore Bridge. Federal authority have launched
a criminal investigation into last month's ship crash that destroyed Baltimore's Franciscott Key Bridge.
And killed six people. According to a US official familiar with the matter,
the bridge collapsed on March sixteenth after a massive cargo ship lost power, feared
of course, and struck the bridge. The ship owner and manager have since
filed a court document in an attempt to limit their financial liability. The FBI
and the US Coastguard are leading probes to determine rather the crew failed to report
an earlier issue with the ship that delayed its departure, the officials said.
Also Monday, authorities confirmed the body of a fourth victim had been recovered from
the collapse. And moving on Rust sentencing, Hannah Goutez, read the Armor
of the film Rust, was sentenced to eighteen months in prison Monday, the
maximum possible punishment. She was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last month for the
twenty twenty one one set fatal shooting of cinematographer Helena Hutchins. The verdict comes
two years after Hutchins was killed by a live round of musicians fired from a
prop gun held by Alec Baldwin. And moving on to Tesla, Tesla is
looking to cut ten percent of his global staff of one hundred and forty thousand.
The CEO Musk rote in an email to Tesla employees, must attributed the
planned job cut to the need to cost reductions and increased productivity. According to
reports, this after Tesla recently announced a year over year decline in sales in
the first three months of this year. It's such a drop since the height
of the pandemic amid softer demand for electric car sector. Other automakers, including
General Motors Forward, have also pulled back on their electric vehicle production. So
updates from CNN for would be April sixteenth, twenty twenty four. So final
thoughts and I want to thank you for listening to Depictions Media Radio here On
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